Kosmidis, Kosmas; Kalampokis, Alkiviadis; Argyrakis, Panos - In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 366 (2006) C, pp. 495-502
We use the formulation of equilibrium statistical mechanics in order to study some important characteristics of language. Using a simple expression for the Hamiltonian of a language system, which is directly implied by the Zipf law, we are able to explain several characteristic features of human...